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....#...#. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .#.....###
#....#...# HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ..#....#.#
##....#... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED #..#.....#
.##....#.. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .#..#....#
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.#.##....# BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE #..#..#...
...###.... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .#..#..#..
...#.##... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ..#..#..#.
.....###.. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH #..#..#..#
#....#.##. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ##..#..#..
.#.....### SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .##..#..#.
..#....#.# ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .###..#..#
#..#.....# TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .#.##..#..
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#..#..#... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .#...###..
.#..#..#.. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ..#..#.##.
..#..#..#. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. #..#...###
#..#..#..# THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .#..#..#.#
##..#..#.. WATER. ..#..#...#
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.###..#..# TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .#..#..#..
.#.##..#.. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ..#..#..#.
...###..#. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, #..#..#..#
#..#.##..# TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ##..#..#..
.#...###.. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ###..#..#.
..#..#.##. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. #.##..#..#
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.#..#..#.# SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ..#.##..#.
..#..#...# FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ....###..#
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###..#..#. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ..#.......
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